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package org.skatiger.jrove.tag;

import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;

public abstract class MetadataTarget {

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract PropertyDescriptor getProperty(String name);

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Class<?> getPropertyType(String name);

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Method getReadMethod(String name);

    /**
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Class<?> getTargetClass();

    /**
     * @param name
     * @return
     */
    public abstract Method getWriteMethod(String name);

    /**
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public abstract boolean isTargetInstanceOf(Class<?> type);

}
